[Catalyst] One controller from other

[David Schmidt]

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:32 AM, linuxsupport <lin.support at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, other controller has just logic it use a model to get user list from
> database.
> However, I forgot to pass $c context. it is working as following
>
> $c->controller('User')->users($c);
>
> Thanks
> Aniruddh
>
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:25 AM, David Schmidt <davewood at gmx.at> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:00 PM, linuxsupport <lin.support at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > How can I access one controller from other?
>> >
>> > I have 2 controllers called Myapp::Controller::User and
>> > Myapp::Controller::Admin
>> >
>> > In Myapp::Controller::User I have following method.
>> >
>> > sub user_list :Path Args:(0) {
>> >    some function to display all the users.
>> > }
>> >
>> > Myapp::Controller::Admin has following method
>> >
>> > sub users :Path Args(0) {
>> >   Here I want to display all users by calling Myapp::Controller::User
>> >   $c->controller('Myapp::Controller::User')->user_list is not working
>> > }
>> >
>> > any suggestion?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
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>> Don't abuse your Controller as a model.
>> Controllers ideally only contain logic important for the GUI flow.
>> Returning a list of users should be provided by a models method.
>>
>> david
>>
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It's still wrong to call a method on another controller to get a list of users.
You should definitely read more about MVC.
start here: http://search.cpan.org/~zarquon/Catalyst-Manual-5.8005/lib/Catalyst/Manual/About.pod#The_MVC_pattern